improvisation

Messi's genius has always been rooted in improvisation.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

And, on any given night, he didn’t hesitate to expand an improvisation to startling lengths, finding new ideas well beyond the imaginative limits of most jazz players.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

The Hammond B3 swells on the verse’s first pass, sticking close to the song’s melody, but on the second, it jumps an octave in an improvisation that nearly scorches the ear.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

Then things happen and it feels like there is a lot of improvisation and performance.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

Exactly how such an event should proceed without tearing the country apart was still very much a matter of speculation and improvisation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

His contrapuntal beats lend context to tenor saxophonist Billy Pierce’s abstract improvisations; his laid-back rim shots ground pianist Johnny O’Neal’s lyrical lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

When DiCaprio cut loose with long improvisations, like when his character, a burnout revolutionary, argues on the phone with headquarters, the crew played it safe by capturing his takes with a conventional film camera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

"We do all sorts of exercises to establish the family routines and the traditions. We do improvisations based on, 'What's Sunday dinner like?'"

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024

The “tunes” Andres makes use of in his concerto come from American folk songs, parlor songs, blues and ragtime, and they go through colorful repetitive transformations, embellished by Diehl’s improvisations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

Then slowly build up from shorter 4-beat improvisations to 8-beat ones.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin